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Diocese of Phoenix doubles down on mental health ministry
By María J. Moriarty Seattle, Wash., Sep 24, 2024 / 11:55 am Sixteen laypeople are in training to become mental health instructors for the Catholic community in Phoenix as the diocese there ramps up efforts to equip community members with the skills to recognize and respond to mental health crises. The …
Diocese of Phoenix hits the streets to evangelize during Super Bowl LVII week
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Feb 10, 2023 / 13:15 pm As 1 million visitors are expected to descend upon downtown Phoenix for Super Bowl LVII festivities prior to the Sunday game, the Diocese of Phoenix is capitalizing on the opportunity to share the love of Christ. “We want to offer …
After losing sister to suicide, Phoenix bishop renews ‘urgent plea’ to launch mental health ministry
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2022 / 05:00 am After announcing Bishop John P. Dolan lost his sister to death by suicide, the Diocese of Phoenix on Wednesday renewed his “urgent plea to get mental health ministry underway.” “Our hearts are breaking as we make known the loss …
Bishop Olmsted: Fatherhood the ‘mission of every man’
CNA Staff, Jun 21, 2020 / 06:01 am MT (CNA).- In a video message Thursday, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix urged prayers for fathers ahead of Father’s Day, saying that fatherhood is the “mission of every man.” “In the time of the current pandemic and social unrest, in a society …
Pope Francis appoints San Diego auxiliary to lead Phoenix diocese
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 10, 2022 / 04:16 am Pope Francis on Friday named San Diego Auxiliary Bishop John P. Dolan to lead the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona. Dolan, 60, succeeds Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, whose resignation was accepted on June 10, after turning 75, the usual age of …
Statues of Christ, Mary toppled outside parishes in New York, Arizona
CNA Staff, Oct 22, 2020 / 04:15 pm MT (CNA).- Several religious statues— including two of Mary and one of Christ— outside Catholic churches were damaged in overnight attacks earlier this week, the latest of numerous acts of vandalism on Catholic churches and art this year in the US. Police …
Bishop calls Catholic men to get off sidelines, step ‘into the breach’
By Tony Gutierrez Catholic News Service PHOENIX — Catholic men must reclaim and live the virtue of Christian masculinity, Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted says in his newly released apostolic exhortation, “Into the Breach.” Addressed to Catholic men in the diocese — “my spiritual sons” as the bishop calls them — …